plus a "Gee, Thanks for nothing" to the two un-named individuals who took the time out of their busy day to tell me to look at the man page for "netrc" (like I hadn't thought of that and was still stumped...)

Anyway, the original problem was:

Does anyone have the time to show me how to set things up so that
I can have root's (or anyone else's) crontab extract a couple of
files from another server back onto the one initiating the transfer?

For example, how would I set it up to extract copies of the files
named "/temp/file1" and "/temp/file2" from the remote server named
"system1" using a user ID of "oracle" with a password on the both
systems of "ora-pass"? The UID is the same on both systems for the
user "oracle".

THE SOLUTION: (at least the one I used)
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NOTE --- a couple of responses mentioned that the blank line after the:
bye
and before the:
!EOF
was **REQUIRED**. Since it was stated more than once I saw no need to verify that. I used the blank line and it worked fine.

Have a Great Day, and, again, THANKS for all the QUICK assistance provided!!

Vern Walls
Perot Systems

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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Light travels faster than sound.
This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.